Emeka Esogbue

 Interesting Discourses on Pre-colonial Hausa States and the Neglect by Students - Emeka Esogbue Historians in Nigeria rarely talk about the history of the people living in the northeast and northwest region around Lake Chad and the Hausa states, which are extremely near to Oyo and Benin, two kindred kingdoms in modern-day Southern Nigeria.  It is somewhat unexpected that the southern civilizations of Igbo, Yoruba, Anioma, Benin, and Igala are what typically conjure up images of historical figures on social media. Strangely, professional historians in Nigeria have not done much to direct their attention toward the pre-colonial Hausa cultures that existed before Nigeria was founded.  Students studying history in secondary schools also have a tendency to steer clear of Hausa history. This also extends to university history classes, where aspiring historians have a tendency to gently stray from historical narratives of the Hausa societies.  The tripartite Nigerian ethni...

  THE ANIOMA CIVILIZATIONS AND CULTURAL ADVANCEMENT RE-VISITED By Dr. Emeka Esogbue   Civilization is defined as “the process whereby societies achieve an advanced stage of development and organization.” It is also historically, a civilization a "more advanced" culture, implied contrast to smaller, supposedly less advanced cultures defined by Robert McCormick Adams in his book, "Evolutionary of Urban Society." As it is well known, civilization concentrates power, extending human control over the rest of nature, including over other human beings.     The Anioma civilization enjoys some characteristics that distinguishes them from other Nigerian groups and these characteristics include different languages spoken within the society of the people, traditional forms of government, distinct traditional titles, settlement patterns in which migrations peopling the region are diversely from Igbo (Igbuzo, Isheagu, Ewulu etc), Benin (Ozanogogo etc), Igala (Oko Ogbe...